Jan. 10, 2026, 8:01 p.m. ET

It wasn’t quite the quarterback battle we expected between Dante Moore and Fernando Mendoza. While the Indiana signal-caller shined and continued to make his case as a top-five 2026 NFL draft selection, Moore did the opposite.

His very first pass of the game was an interception, and he fumbled the ball twice. Indiana converted each of those into seven points, a large cause of the deficit as the Ducks fell 56-22 to the Hoosiers.

The issues Moore showed in this game have caused many to question if it’s enough for him to return to school instead of declaring for the draft, which he was expected to be one of the first if not the first picks off the board.

Moore said after the loss that he was still undecided on what he was going to do, but there were things in his comments that made it sound like he still should be presumed out of the door.

“I knew that question was coming,” Moore responded. “I want to soak this moment up, that’s most important. Just giving hugs and just thank you’s to my teammates, but at the end of the day, I don’t know my decision yet.”

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Moore continued on to say it was a conversation he was planning to have soon, but that he wasn’t going to make any type of knee-jerk reaction while being at an emotional point like this one.

“I’m going to talk to Coach (Dan) Lanning and talk to my family and everybody,” Moore said. “But at the end of the day, I don’t want to think about that right now. I just want to think about my teammates and give love to them.”

The quarterback finished out the loss 24-of-39 passing for 289 yards with two touchdowns, one interception, and a pair of fumbles. Moore placed the loss squarely on himself.

“First thing is first, the quarterback has to protect the football,” he said. “They have a great defense, great disguise and different looks, but you can’t win football games if you’re causing turnovers. Something of course I need to work at.”

It will be interesting to see what he ultimately decides, but there’s no question that Moore’s draft stock took a hit Friday.